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What is the adjective for agnate?

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agnate
  1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
  2. allied; akin
  3. (linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “While they were not blood relatives, their agnate personalities and interests made it seem as if they were siblings.”
agnatic
  1. of the male bloodline; patrilineal
  2. Examples:
    1. “Inheritance is based partly on agnation, and agnatic kin are theoretically all potential heirs to each other's livestock and other wealth.”
      “Moreover, they are seen as typical of most other Macedonian and south Slav societies whose agnatic kinship structures have been the focus of many anthropological studies.”
      “Whether the wife forfeited her agnatic rights by her marriage, as among the Romans, I am unable to state.”
agnatical
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